Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man monument
Sony’s love affair with Spider-Man goes back to the 1990s. Indeed, it was thanks to the Japanese company that the first film adaptation of Spider-Man’s adventures saw the light of day, after…
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Sorry We’re Closed : Low Poly and Introspection
Sorry We’re Closed is an independent horror game that borrows from both the past and the present. It’s a deeply personal work, in which the themes of love, grief and reconstruction take…
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Folklore around the world
Folklore around the world Horror games are legion, but there’s also a sub-genre inherited from cinema and literature: folk horror. And far from being a source of terror alone, folk horror is…
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The need for LGBTQIA+ diversity and representation in video games
Have you ever found yourself in a cupboard without knowing immediately how to get out? And during this time of confinement, occasionally having a window on the world to which you think…
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Final Fantasy VII: the real enemy is us
It all begins and ends Opening scene. A young woman observes ancient elements on the wall, holding a basket of flowers. The camera pans away, revealing her to be in a crowded…
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The Case of the golden Idol: small relic seeks big brain
An idol to rule them all January 5th, 1742, the date of the original sin. Albert Cloudsley and Oberon Geller, guided by a map that leads them to the island of Monkey…
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Death of the Reprobate, Saints, sins and punchlines
We received a key from Joe Richardson for this review that was made on MacOS. We’re grateful for his trust in us. Imagine a Renaissance fresco where the saints and the damned,…
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The Lord of the Trainings, or the paradox of ancillary activities in the twilight of the world
Warning: this text reveals some key elements and structures of several games, to varying degrees. Games with heavy spoilers : Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt RED, 2020)Disco Elysium (ZA/UM, 2019)Final Fantasy VII (SquareSoft,…
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How to create an atmosphere in video games ?
After dissecting what “ambience” actually means in my previous article, we concluded that ambience cannot be deliberately created in reality. However, fortunately for video game developers, it is possible to invent one…
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Schim and his little shadow theater
The shadow is so much a part of us that we end up forgetting about it. A key element in Professor Layton’s most devious puzzles; the personification of the spirit of childhood…
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